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Look Again
How to Experience the Old Masters
- Thames & Hudson
- by Ossian Ward
The art of the past can seem very far away, obscured both by time and by knotty academic theory. Foregrounding the experience of the contemporary viewer, Look Again shows how this need not be the case. Ossian Ward''s simple, ten-step programme acts as an aid to looking, breaking down the often obscure strategies of the Old Masters into intuitive categories - from Art as Honesty to Art as Vision. Look Again''s novel approach is influenced by John Berger''s Ways of Seeing, but is here updated for the 21st C.
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| Publisher | Thames & Hudson |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780500239674 |
| Author(s) | Ossian Ward |
| Publication date | April 2019 |
| Edition | Flexi (Pb luxe) |
| Dimensions | 196 x 148 mm |
| Illustrations | 90 col.ill. |
| Pages | 176 |
| Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
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The art of the past can seem very far away, obscured both by time and by knotty academic theory. Foregrounding the experience of the contemporary viewer, Look Again shows how this need not be the case. Ossian Ward''s simple, ten-step programme acts as an aid to looking, breaking down the often obscure strategies of the Old Masters into intuitive categories - from Art as Honesty to Art as Vision. Look Again''s novel approach is influenced by John Berger''s Ways of Seeing, but is here updated for the art world of the 21st century. Key to this book is an emphasis on ways of experiencing Old Masters - more than just looking. Just as contemporary art should be judged by how it moves us, cajoles us and envelops us, so too can the great paintings of the world be seen as immersive, captivating, even participatory experiences.